Toshiyuki Miyama Explained

Toshiyuki Miyama
Birth Date:	October 31, 1921
Birth Place:	Chiba, Japan
Genre:	Jazz
Instruments:	Clarinet

Toshiyuki Miyama (October 31, 1921^[1] – May 24, 2016) was a Japanese jazz clarinetist and bandleader.

Career

Miyama played in a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force band during World War II. After the war, he joined the Lucky Puppy Orchestra. He led his own ensemble from 1950; initially called Jive Ace, the group expanded to big-band size and changed its name to the New Herd in 1958.^[2] The ensemble's arranger was Kozaburo Yamaki. New Herd recorded with Charles Mingus in 1971 and toured worldwide throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Miyama led the ensemble for more than fifty years, continuing to perform into the 2000s.

References

Footnotes

General references

• Yozo Iwanami/Kazunori Sugiyama, "Toshiyuki Miyama". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld

Notes and References

1. Book: Feather . Leonard . The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz . Gitler . Ira . 2007 . Oxford University Press, USA . 978-0-19-532000-8 . en.
2. Book: Minor, William . Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within . 2004 . University of Michigan Press . 978-0-472-11345-3 . en.